UPenn Students Create Ambitious plan for NE Corridor High Speed Rail service

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Originally Posted by eternallyme

A mixture of local and express trains is best. Express for those to directly compete with airlines, local to allow access to smaller cities that airlines do not serve.

For example, on the NEC:

NEC Express: Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston (or some trips perhaps directly between pairs, i.e. Washington-NYC, Washington-Philadelphia, Baltimore-NYC, Washington-Boston, if ridership warrants)

NEC Local: Washington, BWI Airport, Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton, Newark NJ, New York, Stamford, New Haven, New London, Providence, Westwood, Boston

You can't skip Newark its to import of a Rail JCT city to skip and you can't go fast through the station anyway. Max is 40mph. Amtrak Acela Service does not stop at Trenton or New London , Amtrak regional does.